Thank you for that reminder. SPEED told me the way it works is that they provide a fulltime HD feed and then the cable companies add it to their line-up when they choose to do so.

SPEED-HD is on DirecTV from the world "go," because that company is owned by Fox.

Rick Miner, the exec in charge, said that the roll-out for some subscribers would take months, and that SPEED would be providing a non-HD feed during that time so there would be no service interruption.

Both Fox and their parent company News Corp do not own any cable systems, so other companies are making the decision about when to add SPEED-HD to the line-up.

I will update this story during the week, thanks again for the reminder.